'Huge' Vulnerabilities In Apps Like uTorrent Expose Mac Security Flaws In El Capitan, Yosemite

A “huge” number of Mac apps, including the popular torrent software uTorrent, are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle cyberattacks, according to new research published . The vulnerability exists because of a security flaw in Sparkle, the open-source software that issues the updates to myriad apps.

Mac versions of Camtasia 2 v2.10.4, uTorrent v1.8.7, DuetDisplay v1.5.2.4 and Sketch v3.5.1 are confirmed to have a vulnerability that would make it possible for an attacker to intercept, and possibly redirect, the web connection between a user and the program.